1. EINIRAS Task Group I: Standardization - Task Group Report - EINIRAS Annual Conference 2008 Tallinn, 18-19 September

2. Task Group 1 Report 2008 European Thesaurus Additional linguistic versions:  Russian version completed (INION, Moscow)  Greek version in the works (ELIAMEP, Athens)

3. Task Group 1 Report 2008 European Thesaurus Online access via IREON Gateway www.ireon-portal.eu  Launched in November 2007  9 languages (incl. Croatian, Russian)  Display of full semantic relationships

4. Task Group 1 Report 2008 European Thesaurus Marketing activities  1.200 brochures distributed  Info pages about ET on two websites: www.fiv-iblk.de/information/thesaurus.htm www.einiras.org/services/eurothesaurus.cfm  Presentations at conferences  Wikipedia

5. Task Group 1 Report 2008 European Thesaurus Current projects:  Review of semantic relationships European Thesaurus Development Group  Two meetings since last conference: November 2007, April 2008  Minutes of ETDG meetings available at EINIRAS Google Groups EINIRAS Google Groups

6. Task Group 1 Report 2008 European Thesaurus Current users of the European Thesaurus:  FIV (13 research institutions from Germany and Denmark)  Institute of International Relations, Prague  Polish Institute of International Affairs, Warsaw  From autumn 2008: Institut Français des Relations Internationales (IFRI), Paris

7. Task Group 1 Report 2008 RDA “Resource Description and Access  RDA  is the new standard for resource description and access designed for the digital world.  …  RDA will provide a comprehensive set of guidelines and instructions on re- source description and access covering all types of content and media. The new stan- dard is being developed for use primarily in libraries  … .” (www.rdaonline.org)www.rdaonline.org